Passion for Knowledge 2016: passion for science, passion for culture
The Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) is organising “Passion for Knowledge 2016", a festival to promote science as a key cultural activity that contributes to both social and economic progress. The festival will take place in San Sebastianbetween 27 September and 1 October 2016, and coincides with the European Capital of Culture which will be held in the city in 2016 as part of its official programme DSS2016EU.
The main venue for the festival will be the Teatro Victoria Eugenia, but parallel activities have also been scheduled in Bilbao and in the city of Bordeaux, organised within the framework of Euskampus, the International Campus of Excellence of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The programme will be attended by several Nobel laureates and world-class experts who will give public lectures and meet with students. Among other things, there will also be a round table, an event to show the creative process of the bertsolaris (Basque verse singers) and a multidisciplinary show which crosses the boundaries between science and ideas, inspired and organised by the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), and the familiar Naukas sessions. Furthermore, there will be a photographic exhibition in the aquarium, and on the opening day of the festival there will be a dance show, Breaking Boundaries, as well as sculptures, sound and images which seek to break the boundaries between science and art.
Finally, it is important to note that this edition of Passion for Knowledge will also have an international summer school aimed at the scientific community with particular focus on young researchers: Dynapeutics. The school will focus on computational methods for studying biomolecules relevant to the optimisation of molecular drugs and will be attended by, among others, the Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry 2013, Martin Karplus, one of the most acknowledged speakers of the festival.
The organisers would like to express their gratitude for the financial backing from all the entities that have made this festival possible: The Basque Government (Department of Education, Language and Cultural Policy, the Department of Economic Development and Competitiveness, the Department of Education, Language and Cultural Policy), Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country), the City Council of San Sebastián, Kutxa, Telefónica, EDP and CAF, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Donostia/San Sebastián Foundation 2016, DSS2016, the European Capital of Culture. All activities schedules during the festival are free. There will be an interpretation facility into Basque, Spanish and English, and the main sessions will be relayed by live streaming over the festival website. In order to take part in Passion for Knowledge 2016, we recommend registering and reserving a place through the festival website: p4k.dipc.org.
Passion for Knowledge 2016: zientziarako grina, kulturarako grina
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) erakundeak “Passion for Knowledge 2016" jaialdia antolatu du. Jaialdi horretan zientzia sustatu nahi da gizartearen eta ekonomiaren aurrerapenean laguntzen duen funtsezko kultura jarduera gisa. Jaialdia Donostian egingo da 2016ko irailaren 27tik urriaren 1era bitartean. Bat dator 2016. urtean Donostia Europako Kultur Hiriburua izatearekin eta hiriburutzaren DSS2016EU programa ofizialaren barnean hartzen da.
Jaialdiaren egoitza nagusia Victoria Eugenia Antzokia izango da, baina jarduera paraleloak programatu dira Bilbon eta Bordelen, Euskampus Universidad del PaÃs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen (UPV/EHU) Nazioarteko Bikaintasun Campusaren esparruan. Programan hainbat Nobel sari eta mundu osoko aditu sartu dira, hitzaldi irekiak egiteko eta ikasleekin elkartzeko. Horrez gain, programan barnean hartu dira, besteak beste, sormenari buruzko mahai inguru bat, bertsolarien sormen prozesua erakusteko ekitaldi bat eta zientziaren muga gainditzen duen diziplina anitzeko ikuskizun bat (Donostia International Physics Center -DIPC- erakundeak asmatua, sustatua eta antolatua). Gainera, Naukas-en saio ezagunak ere programatu dira. Era berean, Aquariumean argazki erakusketa bat egingo da, eta inaugurazioaren egunean Breaking Boundaries ikuskizuna aurkeztuko da. Zientziaren eta artearen arteko muga hautsi nahi duen ikuskizun horretan dantza, eskultura, soinua eta irudiak uztartzen dira.
Azkenik, nabarmendu behar da Passion for Knowledge jaialdiaren ekitaldi honetan nazioarteko udako eskola bat ere antolatu dela, erkidego zientifikoari eta, batik bat, ikertzaile gazteei zuzentzen zaiena: Dynapeutics. Sendagai molekularrak optimizatzeko funtsezkoak diren biomolekulak aztertzeko metodo konputazionaletan oinarrituko da eskola hori. Eskolan parte hartuko dute Martin Karplus-ek, Kimika Nobel saria 2013an, eta jaialdiko hizlarietako batek.
Antolatzaileek zehazki eskertu nahi izan dute jaialdia egitea posible egin duten erakundeen laguntza ekonomikoa: Eusko Jaurlaritza (Hezkuntza, Hizkuntza Politika eta Kultura Saila, Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Saila), Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia, UPV/EHU, Donostiako Udala, Kutxa, Telefónica, EDP, CAF, FECYT (Zientzia eta Teknologiarako Espainiako Fundazioa), Ekonomia eta Lehiakortasun Ministerioa, eta Donostia/San Sebastián 2016 Europako Kultur Hiriburua Fundazioa, DSS2016. Jaialdian programatutako jarduera guztiak doakoak izango dira. Euskarara, gaztelaniara eta ingelesera itzultzeko zerbitzua izango da, eta saio nagusiak zuzenean ikusi ahal izango dira streaming bidez jaialdiaren web gunean. Passion for Knowledge 2016 jaialdian parte hartzeko, jaialdiaren web gunean izena ematea eta plaza gordetzea gomendatzen da:p4k.dipc.org.
Passion for Knowledge 2016: pasión por la ciencia, pasión por la cultura